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Ye know
John's characteristic appeal to Christian knowledge. Compare 1Jo 2:20, 1Jo 2:21; 1Jo 4:2, 1Jo 4:14, 1Jo 4:16; 1Jo 5:15, 1Jo 5:18; 3Jo 1:12.
He (ἐκεῖνος)
Christ, as always in this Epistle. See on Joh 1:18.
Was manifested
See on Joh 21:1. Including Christ's whole life on earth and its consequences. The idea of manifestation here assumes the fact of a previous being. John various terms to describe the incarnation. He conceives it with reference to the Father, as a sending, a mission. Hence ὁ πέμψας με He that sent me (Joh 4:34; Joh 6:38; Joh 9:4; Joh 12:44, etc.): ὁ πέμψας με πατήρ the Father that sent me (Joh 5:37; Joh 8:18; Joh 12:49, etc.): with the verb ἀποστέλλω to send as an envoy, with a commission; God sent (ἀπέστειλεν) His Son (Joh 3:17; Joh 10:36; 1Jo 4:10; compare Joh 6:57; Joh 7:29; Joh 17:18). With reference to the Son, as a coming, regarded as a historic fact and as an abiding fact. As a historic event, He came (ἧλθεν, Joh 1:11); this is He that came (ὁ ἐλθὼν, 1Jo 5:6). Came forth (ἐξῆλθον; Joh 8:42; Joh 16:27, Joh 16:28; Joh 17:8). As something abiding in its effects, am come, hath come, is come, marked by the perfect tense: Light is come (ἐλήλυθεν, Joh 3:19). Jesus Christ is come (ἐληλυθότα, 1Jo 4:2). Compare Joh 5:43; Joh 12:46; Joh 18:37). In two instances with ἥκω I am come, Joh 8:42; 1Jo 5:20. Or with the present tense, as describing a coming realized at the moment: whence I come (ἔρχομαι, Joh 8:14); compare Joh 14:3, Joh 14:18, Joh 14:28; also Jesus Christ coming (ἐρχόμενον, 2Jo 1:7). With reference to the form: in flesh (σάρξ). See Joh 1:14; 1Jo 4:2; 2Jo 1:7. With reference to men, Christ was manifested (1Jo 1:2; 1Jo 3:5, 1Jo 3:8; Joh 1:31; Joh 21:1, Joh 21:14).
To take away (ἵνα ἄρῃ)
See on Joh 1:29.
Our sins (τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν)
Omit ἡυῶν our. Compare Joh 1:29, τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, the sin. The plural here regards all that is contained in the inclusive term the sin: all manifestations or realizations of sin.
In Him is no sin (ἁμαρτία ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν)
Lit., in Him sin is not. He is essentially and forever without sin. Compare Joh 7:18.